Method of making artificial cane



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` UN'ITED sT "ess of making artificial cane' from paper.'

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f A Iasmsmi J; WnciIsMU'riI, or 4icmsxnciolv, MICHIGAN.

.I nniilrroiiv oF MAKING ARTIFICIAL enum Application led June 13,`

- This invention relates to a method or proc- It is a primary object ofthe. present inventhe paper being made, the

tionto use paper and fold it into'a compact length, Va plurality oflongitudinal folds of aper previous to such folding beingzcoate withglue'or other cementitious material so that when folded, the differentcontacting surfaces' of the paper adhere toieach other, thereby making afirm strip orlength of cane, and also having'possibilities -for forminginto di'f- :ferent shapes' by running the same through suitableforminglandcompressing rollers to shape thecane to'desired orm. AInpractice, I use two strips or lengths of paper inmak'- A. ing theartiicialcane, coating the same with thev cementitious material and thenfolding them lengthwise a number of times. The incompanyingdrawing, inwhich,

the cane.

in the different iiguresof the drawing.

ventiom however, is not limited in the use of any specified number ofstrips, but com-` prehends'the --method outlined, irrespective of thenumber of strips of paper used or the.

exact number ofqlongitudinalfolds. made.

AFor an understanding ot-the invention, reference may be had tothefollowing'description, taken in connection4 with the Aac- Fi .lais aperspective view illustrating the sequence of the foldings made -in thestrips of paper -used for the production of Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5,`aresections taken transi versely on the planes of lines 2 2, 3 3, 4 4

and 5 5, respectively of Fig. 1, and g' Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverseSection showing the canemade pressed or rolled to a finished more orlessoval form. l

Like reference vcharacters refer to like par-ts In the carrying outofthe process or method,

two strips of paperl and 2 are used, preferably, and brought togetherone over the other,-

' being coated with glue or similar cementing material before `beingbrought together so that the same adhere when in contact.

' The next step of the process is to fold I the two strips between theiredges longitudinally, as indicated at 3, the outer strip being lfoldedto make two sides 4. and 5, and the inner strip two sides 6 and 7, thesides 4 and 6 being widerthan sides 5 and 7, as shown in Fig. 3. Thismakes four thicknesses' of paper cemented together. The next step i's toagain fold the four thicknesses longitudinallybetween their edges asindicated at 8, making eight thicki921'. 'serial No. 476384. l

nes/ses of the paper cemented together, as inf thicknessesof paper areagain -folded longitudinally between their edges, as indicated :dicatedin'Fig. 4. As ainal step the eight at 9, the resulting forni beingsubstantially the'paper in the final foldvas shown. It to be understoodthat the 'thickness of -the paper is necessarily exaggerated in thedrawthe process. largedinFig'. 5 is one that is readily rolled orpressedinto the half-oval form indicated ing andthe -proportions are notexact but are suiiiciently so to illustrate the steps of The finalform,l shownenf ill. lenlarged sectionl in Fig. 6, and as ,afinalculminating step of the process the lfolded cemented length of paper ispressed or rolled to such forni,.preferably, making a smooth, tough andsubstantial artificial cane capable of use in practically all placeswhere the nat- -ural cane is used. f A It is evident that differentvsizes ofthe cane may be used and that larger sizes may be made bymerelyusing wider strips of paper 1 and'2 in the first instance. It is alsovery evident-that, .so far asthe process is concerned, the strips 1 and2 need not `besep.- arat'ed, as a single strip of a width equal to thecombined widths of the two strips and foldedcentrally and longitudinallywould have the same effect as two separated strips.,

Accordingly, I do-not limit myself to the exact disclosure ascomprehending the process which-I have devised, but consider the same-to comprehend thevarious equivalentsteps which I have mentioned, aswell as others'not speciically stated lbut which will occur to o thers.I The process described is practical and has lbeen followed successfullyin. actual'practicel The cane 'made is flexible` tough and durable,-easilyworkedf'to a desired shape or form, and

I claim: A. 1. The herein described process of making artificial cane orthe like, which consists in practical for use in every way. v '105coating ajstrip of paper with cementing ma- I' terial andthereafter'folding and refoldlng the strip'- longitudinallyr between itsedges to make a plurality of overlying laminations offpaper,substantially as described.

2. The herein described process of making artificial cane or the like,which consists in coating a plurality of elongated strips of paper withcementing material, bringingsaid strips together, and thereafter foldingand refolding the strips a plurality of times longitudinally between theedges thereof to make a plurality of overlying laminations of paper.

l3. The herein described process of making artificial cane or the like,vwhich consists in longitudinally folding and refolding an elongatedstrip of paper a plurality of times between its edges to make aplurality of overlying laminations of paper and cementing the l5 sametogether. I

4. The herein described process of making artificial cane or thev like,which consists in superimpo'sing a plurality of elongated strips) ofpaper, then longitudinally folding and re'- l0 folding said strips aplurality of times be-'. tween their edges to make a plurality ofoverlying laminations of paper and cementing the vfolds together,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

1 `ALBERT J. WACHSMUTH.

